"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
-Albert Einstein
I think it's just human nature to have to complicate things. But when you're in the clinic, that is no time to be an academic or philosopher.
I've always harped on clinical results. Working in the clinic is working in the trenches so to speak. This is where the rubber meets the road. Any flowery ideas of acupuncture or Chinese medicine, all the lovely beautiful concepts and theories, they mean nothing. Results are the only thing that matters - and the treatments behind them. While many think this disparages the "art", what it actually is, is putting the patient first. I will never apologize for putting the patient above ideology that doesn't deliver results, and only serves to comfort one's ego.
I've seen so many peeps brag about what they can do. What they know, how they can "control qi", or the degrees they have. Something is always missing in this bragging though - the patient.
Learning is fun, philosophy is extremely interesting, exploring new idea is important. But in the clinic it's all about keeping it simple.
Likewise, how are you explaining things to your patients? Are you lecturing on the differences between acupuncture and dry needling? Are you over explaining how your treatments are helping them? Have you noticed they glaze over after about 30 seconds?
It's best to keep working on your scripts and saying things very direct. Give the patients what they need - results. We excel in the clinic, delivering the tools we've learned. If we're talking, we're not working (unless you can do both at the same time).
And please, keep it simple!
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Spring is coming… eventually. And when it does, runners will start emerging again, not just the die-hards who have been braving the cold all winter. I treat a whole spectrum of runners in clinic, from Ironman athletes to weekend joggers and everything in between. This webinar is an absolute goldmine, and I hope you get as much out of it as I have.
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Cc: upper, middle, and low back pain tension. Long spinal fusion.
Hx:
1st surgery spinal fusion: c5-t1
2nd surgery spinal fusion: T2-L2
Hunchback and scoliosis family history
So this just looks like one long final fusion.
I have been using perfusion but without the stim. He is loosening up in tension but the scar tissue is very long and thickened. There is some density change with no stim so far.
Normally I might thread scar tissue with stim but I cannot due to such a long fusion. Would threading with or without manipulation work as well here? Or would the lower hand manipulated frequency not be similar for scar threading?
DATE CHANGED: This is now Saturday April 11th at 1pm EST. The case study topic is Axillary Nerve Compression of the Shoulder.
Happy spring! * Join us for April's Intro to Exstore, where we'll break things down, learn together, and keep it fun and practical. Anthony will be presenting a case study so you can see how this work plays out in real time, stick around after to ask questions and dive deeper. Bring a friend (or two!)
Date: Saturday April 11th
Time: 1:00pm EST
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